routine fecalysis Flashcards
hours for fecalysis
24, 48, 72 hrs
ideal quantity/size for fecalysis
pea sized
3 tests under physical examination of stool
consistency, color, gross abnormalities
3 examinations under fecalysis
physical, chemical, microscopic
degree of moisture in stool
consistency
types of consistency of stool
formed/semi, soft, loose/watery
dark brown stool: conspiciously fibrous
hard stool
black stool: fiber scanty to moderate
soft
brown stool: colloidal (homogenous)
mushy
pale brown stool: scanty mucus
loose
clay: much mucus
diarrheic
yellow: mucus w/ scanty blood
watery/ liquid
red-brown: other (blood, barium)
formed
green/ other
semi
normal color of stool
brown
upper GIT bleeding, iron therapy, charcoal
color
black
lower GIT bleeding, beefs, food coloring, rifampin
color
red
biliverdin, oral antibiotics, green vegies
color
green
bile duct obstruction, barium sulfate
color
pale yellow, gray, white
dysentery, malignancy
color
mucus, blood streak
adult worms, proglottids, parasitic indications (pus & mucus)
gross abnormalities
examination which detects occult blood
chemical examination
occult blood test
hema-screen Guiac slide test kit (no need for microscope)
blue coloration in Guiac test indicates…
positive in occult blood
